The problem with the broadband market is not one of regulation or deregulation but consumption. People pay ungodly amounts for internet and video because they want to. Eventually, the price will get so high that people will come to their senses and go without [the video piece]. The cord cutting trend is the start of this. As to the internet piece, there is no way to get around the hard wired network, right now. Eventually, there will be a connectivity solution that gets rid of the start up cost of the network. That advance will change the market to allow competition. Then there will be a massive adjustment. Then, Comcast et al, and AT&T will cry to Congress for help. "We don't have the money to upgrade our network to compete with this." {sob}

Comey didn't do that. The e-mails did. Where Hillary chose to store them did. Her staff choosing to screen/destroy did. Her [in hindsight] bad policy decisions did. Don't blame the whistle blower. She could have come out of this squeaky clean if she would have turned over the server without deleting anything to the government.

The problem I have with waiting for impeachment is that the claim would undoubtedly be made that the alleged crimes occurred BEFORE she was president, therefore an impeachment would be invalid. It wouldn't be the furthest legal stretch our government has made.

So in other words, anybody in politics gets a free pass until they are in charge of those who would prosecute them. That has got to be the most extreme case of regulatory capture I have heard of in my life.

The case was never closed. Comey's first announcement was only that. The case is ongoing, always was. This was an update announcement. If this is illegal election tampering, then it's further proof that Washington is untouchable by law enforcement, or have any remaining accountability.

It may very well be that Brennan has no clue. But when he runs his own numbers, he's not counting the ones the NSA has cracked. The implication is that the U.S. has cracked a significant majority, if not all, of the non-U.S. products in discussion here.

If there is a 'preferred list of products' put out by the terrorists, our government would have put the effort into cracking those first.

It seems to me the infringement would be on the promotional poster image itself, if not the actual film. Even thou it's a poster designed for the purpose of promotion, that doesn't mean you can display it without the creator's permission. Unless of course, you are doing a critique of the poster itself. Clearly, not the case here.

I don't see how Richard's point is even relevant. Even if the citizenry didn't have handguns, these cops still would have as part of their job. The accident would have still been possible. The prudent thing would have been to not try to open a door with a loaded gun.

I would have to say we are liable for what our technology does. To not have that, would open a real mess as far as placing liability in the case of vehicle failures, etc., as well as being unable to some day bring the MAFIAA to account for it's millions of bogus DCMA take-downs.

On the Galaxy S3, 911 is one of a list of numbers allowed to be dialed in spite of being locked. You can add your own as well. My niece had the butt dialing problem until I cleared 911 from the list. No more butt dials to the cops. On the downside, I don't think anyone can call 911 on her locked phone now, either. But I can't test that, obviously.